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Week 8 Vocabulary

Week 8 Vocabulary
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  1. cone
    a shape with a circular base and sides tapering to a point
  2. cylinder
    a surface generated by rotating a line around a fixed line
    A solid shape with one curved surface and two congruent circular or elliptical bases
  3. prism
    a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces
  4. pyramid
    a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides
  5. volume
    the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
  6. bisect
    cut in half or cut in two
  7. midpoint
    a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
    A point on a line segment that divides it into two equal parts. The halfway point of a line segment.
  8. perimeter
    a line enclosing a plane area
    The distance around the edge of a two dimensional shape.
  9. area
    the extent of a two-dimensional surface within a boundary
    The number of square units inside the boundary of a flat object such as a triangle or circle.
  10. congruent
    corresponding in character or kind
    Two objects (ex. lines, angles, polygons) that have the same dimensions and shape.
Created on Sat Nov 09 15:32:58 EST 2013 (updated Sat Nov 09 15:40:00 EST 2013)

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